Which childhood Transformer figure you owned was special to you?

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by -Sideways-, Oct 1, 2011.

  1. Gilgamesh

    Gilgamesh Mostly Harmless

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    My first TF, Astrotrain.

    Whirl was pretty special to me too, my first bigger TF and a cool helicopter. I try not to remember their gruesome fates.
     
  2. ShyGuy

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    Mine was the G2 Optimus Prime that was mostly identical to the G1 version but with a new trailer and a soundbox. It was the first Transformer I ever got and the one I played with the most, and Optimus Prime has been my favorite character ever since. Unfortunately, I don't have the toy anymore and don't even know what happened to it.
     
  3. MidnightBliss

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    G1 Huffer. Was my 2nd trandsormer but, he was small enough that I could carry him EVERYWHERE.

    To this day I would love to see an updated Generations-type Huffer.
     
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    Jazz and Bombshell, my first two Transformers.
    Grimlock is up there as well, I still remember getting him for Christmas. I actually got two, and traded one to one of my brothers for a different TF. No idea which one though.
     
  5. Orion_Prime48

    Orion_Prime48 Super Sentai Purist

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    G2 Black Trailer Prime. he was my first TF that I remember, I unfortunately pretty much destroyed him :( 
     
  6. Shockwave9227

    Shockwave9227 A real stand-up guy

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    I recall it was either Armada Hot Shot or Energon voyager Megatron and they still stand displayed!
     
  7. doucoo

    doucoo U're an idiot Starscream!

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    G1 Optimus Prime...........I was so happy when I got him for Christmas
     
  8. Wyvern

    Wyvern Velvet Sanchez

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    I have three:

    1) G1 Optimus Prime because it's Optimus and my patents and I searched for him for A LONG time... He was worth the effort.

    2) G1 Sludge because it was the first Transformer I saved up for and bought myself. Not an easy thing to do for a kid on a $1 allowance!!

    3) G1 Sixshot. He was just so damn bad ass. I really liked that bot..
     
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    RID Sideburn. Even though the only car kibble left is his wheels and thighs, and even though It has no accessery's whatsoever, it's going to always be my first and will always be remembered as the beginning of where I am now with my TF's
     
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    grunge The TANK

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    computron. was the first combiner i ever completed. ive woefully lost alot of the peices though but what i do have left i hold on to.

    hmmm .... RESTORATION PROJECT?
     
  11. -Sideways-

    -Sideways- Dimensional Mercenary

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    I would restore it I plan on doing that with my Armada Optimus sometime in the future
     
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    G2 Prime. My very first Transformer, he's missing every single accessory except for the trailer and speaker. I still have Roller somewhere but it's missing most of the wheels. I proudly keep him on my shelf in Alt mode with the trailer attached
     
  13. Kevin XI

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    Fort Max. He was big and fun, and no one else had one. I wish I still had it. Someone stole it out of my parents car.
     
  14. Big Filipino

    Big Filipino John 3:16-17 says it all

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    G1 Snarl which I still own in my collection. I can still remember myself going to the toy store to buy it with my own money.
     
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    Dinbot was my 1st BWs tranformer (still sitting right here on my desk hehe), but I dunno if that qualifies for this thread, at least when compared to the guys like Prime, Scorch, Slag, Sideswipe, Ramjet & the other guys that I got in like 92/93.
     
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    Powermaster Prime, Sixshot, and Monsructor.
     
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    Manly tears: shed.

    All my TF toys are special to me. But G1 Octopunch will occupy an extra-special niche by virtue of being the toy that launched my interest in TFs.
     
  18. Kup-is-Dion

    Kup-is-Dion Lord Cthulhu

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    My Powermaster Prime that I gave to my son.
     
  19. OMEGAPRIME1983

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    My favorite childhood figure would be my G1 magnus. He's always got a pace in my memories from my going into surgery, and vining out from it to see my dad with it waiting for me to wake up.
     
  20. brr-icy

    brr-icy MP Collector

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    g1 devs, i remember looking at it in my brother's room, he would show him to me and let me transform them, then one christmas when he was out of work a few years later, i opened a present with him in it, and mindwipe as well

    if you've lost all the pieces, best thing to do would be buy a complete one, and sell the bots that come with it, instant completeness, and you get to use your original bots, the price of the accessories won't hurt as bad either